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SCRCA Formal Description for Appleby Station Booking Office (Down)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, red brick walls with pink-grey sandstone ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Brick chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners, stone… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Appleby Station Waiting Room (Up)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range, red brick walls with pink-grey sandstone ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with pierced ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Continuous single ashlar course below eaves developing into stepped courses on both gables. Elevation to platform facing west: Symmetrical five… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Ormside Station Booking Office (Down)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H. Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced red sandstone with ashlar quoins to angles and openings; pitched slated roofs fitted with plain ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks; gables on all elevations except south end gable with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Timber doors, timber casement windows, three with camber-heads, others with straight lintels. Waiting… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Kirkby Stephen Station Booking Office (Up)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced limestone walls, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Several modern rooflights have been inserted into the roofs: 5 on east facing roofs, 1 on lower… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Garsdale Station Waiting Room (Up)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range parallel to track, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with ridge tiles. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal-covered gable cappings. Two stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps, to left one stack in central bay on rear roof slope, to right a second on ridge at… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Garsdale Station Toilet Block (Up)Created on . Description Station Platform Building. c1957. Single storey single depth range parallel to track, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls, pitched blue slated roof fitted with ridge tiles. Gables fitted with decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal-covered gable cappings. West elevation to platform: Single plane. From left, one 4-light, to right two separate 2-light metal windows. Gable to left has single door, gable to right has a further single door. East elevation to station yard: Wall… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Garsdale Station Waiting Room (Down)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H. Sanders. Single storey single depth range parallel to track, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with ridge tiles. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal-covered gable cappings. Single stone chimney stack with moulded stone cap on ridge at north gable. West elevation to platform: Symmetrical five bays, of which… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Dent Station Booking Office (Down)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced sandstone walls with freestone dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Dent Station Waiting Room (Up)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range, rock faced sandstone walls with freestone ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with pierced ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Elevation to platform facing west: Symmetrical five bays, of which first and fifth break forward slightly. Centre bay has double timber… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Ribblehead Station Booking Office (Up)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced sandstone walls with freestone dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows, stone sills, mullions… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station Waiting Room (Down)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H. Sanders. Single storey single depth range, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with pierced ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Elevation to platform facing east: Symmetrical five bays, of which first and fifth break forward slightly. Centre bay has double… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station Booking Office (Up)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced golden freestone ashlar walls, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboard and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners, stone… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Settle Station Waiting Room (Down)Created on . Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with plain ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Stonework of lintels, window sills and first course jambs painted. Elevation to platform facing east: Symmetrical five bays, of which first… Read more |
SCRCA Formal Description for Settle Station Booking Office (Up)Created on . Description Main Station Building and Booking Office. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners, stone sills, mullions… Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of RFB28524-103 Drawing of MR Standard Footbridge 40ft SpanCreated on . The document takes the form of a single sheet with a slightly eroded left-hand edge, most of which has been cropped-off to tidy-up and reduce the size of the uploaded version. (No important information was lost as a result of this cropping.) Tip: To open a larger version of this image (6,000 x 4,000 pixels, 2.8Mb), click / tap on the thumbnail above. The larger version will repay close examination and the following are especially worthy of note: The title on the drawing (top-centre) is "M.R… Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of drawing-sac-mr-bridge-66-na-rail-491-1158-66-no6Created on . The document takes the form of a single folded sheet contained in a bound book of drawings that itself forms part of a set of seven books. The set covers all of the bridges (including viaducts, tunnels and major culverts) within Contracts 1 to 4 (i.e. the entirety of the Settle and Carlisle Railway). This sheet (page) is a partly colour-washed scale drawing that depicts a complete side elevation of Bridge 66, Batty Moss Viaduct a.k.a. Ribblehead Viaduct (Location ID 247780). Tip: To… Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of station plan "Midland Railway Hawes Junction" (RFB28274)Created on . This detailed and attractive coloured plan (drawn at a scale of "40 Feet to an Inch") depicts the earthworks, structures, track layout and signalling arrangements at Hawes Junction Station (now Garsdale) on the Settle and Carlisle Railway. A handwritten annotation indicates that it was surveyed in November 1903 by W. J. Hare. Tip: To open a larger (3.5Mb) version of this image, click / tap on the thumbnail above. The plan also includes a number of later additions / alterations, most notably… Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of contract plan "M.R. Settle to Carlisle: Contract 4 Armathwaite Station Ground" (RFB27555)Created on . This plan was produced by the Midland Railway Company and it almost certainly formed part of the legal documentation associated with the construction of the Settle and Carlisle Railway. It was produced by the "Engineers Office Carlisle ??? 3rd, 1873" (the month is not legible due to damage at the corner of the original rolled sheet). A handwritten annotation below the title reads "August 15th 1873" and includes the initials "E.P." (believed to be E. Page of Derby Engineer's Office). Tip: To… Read more |
SCRCA Note: Memorials to SCR Construction Workers at Holy Ascension Church, SettleCreated on . The memorial tablet inside the church porch The text carved on this white marble tablet reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE, WHO THROUGH ACCIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES, IN CONSTRUCTING THE RAILWAY WORKS, BETWEEN SETTLE, AND DENT HEAD. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE JOINT EXPENSE, OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN, AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 1869 TO 1876. The marked and unmarked graves The churchyard is the final resting place for a significant number of 'navvies' (railway construction workers) and related… Read more |
SCRCA Note: Memorials to SCR Construction Workers at St Leonards' Church, Chapel-le-DaleCreated on . The memorial tablet inside the church The text carved on this white marble tablet reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE, WHO THROUGH ACCIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES, IN CONSTRUCTING THE RAILWAY WORKS, BETWEEN SETTLE, AND DENT HEAD. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE JOINT EXPENSE, OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN, AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 1869 TO 1876. This tablet is a replica: the original now forms part of the collection of the National Railway Museum (ref 2007-7000). The millenium memorial An additional… Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of Contract No. 1 for Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor TunnelCreated on . The 'Indenture' dated 1869 for 'Contract No. 1.' includes a section headed "BATTYE MOSS VIADUCT AND BLEA MOOR TUNNEL". This includes specifications for brickwork, spandrills, bond of arches, frost, arches, tunnel shafts and headings, masonry, mortar, requirements for completion of the contract and a schedule of prices. For a full transcription of the indenture, see: Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 1 |
SCRCA Note: A change of plan for the south end of Blea Moor TunnelCreated on . F.S. Williams' well respected (and usually extremely accurate) contemporary account of the construction of the Settle and Carlisle Railway includes the following short paragraph: We can now see through the “spectacles” of the powerful little engine which is drawing us, that we are approaching the mouth of what may perhaps be more strictly called the "covered way" that leads to the famous Blea Moor Tunnel. It was intended to make the entrance some distance farther north; but eventually it was… Read more |
SCRCA Note regarding the spoil tips adjacent to Blea Moor Tunnel South PortalCreated on . These landscape 'features' are certainly spoil tips associated with the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway in the area adjacent to what is now the south portal of Blea Moor Tunnel. However, it is not clear if the spoil came from the cutting immediately to the south of the portal, a 'cut-and-cover' cutting [see note 1] immediately beyond (to the north of) the portal, a conventially mined section of the tunnel somewhere beyond (to the north of) the portal, or some combination of these… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of FoSCL Journal for 288270Created on . Material relating to the waiting room on the 'Up' platform of Langwathby Station can be found in three separate editions of the FoSCL Journal: Page 1 of the February 1998 edition contains a line-drawing showing the structure's front elevation. Pages 16 & 17 of the May 1998 edition contain photos of the structure during and immediately after construction. Pages 11 & 12 of the August 1998 edition contain a brief summary of the project (including the reasons / justification for it) and an… Read more |